Word Summary
tektōn: a craftsman, a carpenter
Original Word: τέκτωνTransliteration: tektōn
Phonetic Spelling: (tek'-tone)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a craftsman, a carpenter
Meaning: a craftsman, a carpenter
Strong's Concordance
carpenter.
From the base of timoria; an artificer (as producer of fabrics), i.e. (specially), a craftsman in wood -- carpenter.
see GREEK timoria
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5045: τέκτωντέκτων,
τέκτονος,
ὁ (
τεκεῖν,
τίκτω; akin to
τέχνη,
τεύχω, hence, properly, 'begetter' (
Curtius, § 235)), from
Homer down, the
Sept. for
חָרָשׁ;
a worker in wood, a carpenter:
Matthew 13:53;
Mark 6:3 (see
WH's Appendix on the latter passage).